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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Mississippi

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 762 Total Amount $2,110,625,418
All earmarks No. 816* Total Amount $2,805,971,802*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Regional Commission
(Energy and Water)
Amount $71,863,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Regional Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $385,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Army Center of Excellence in Acoustics
(Defense)
Amount $3,280,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description ASOS/ATCS Training Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $6,100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Key Field, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Atlas Program
(Homeland Security)
Amount $30,700,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Audubon Mississippi for the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, construction of nature-based education facility that contributes to economic and community recovery of Gulf Coast
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Moss Point, Mississippi Recipients National Audubon Society Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Beaver management and control
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $472,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biloxi Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biotechnology
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $511,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biotechnology Research Park in close proximity to an academic medical center offering opportunities for scientific and commercial synergies and serving as a catalyst for economic development In Mississippi's capital city, University of Mississippi
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $7,332,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)

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